"אני אוהב את כל החיות חוץ מנחשים."
Translation:I love all the animals except for snakes.
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I don't understand why it is ..... et col hachayot for 'all animals". With et and ha I thought it would be "all the animals". Can anyone explain?
I'm not quite sure either, but if you write, "all the animals," it is marked correct as well. I figure it must directly translate to what you said, but in English either translation has the same general meaning
To my ear "all animals"and "all the animals" do have a slight difference in meaning, or at least there are situations in which they might. The phrase with "the" suggests a certain context, while the one without it sounds like a statement held to apply universally. As in, "I love all the animals (in our rescue centre)", whereas "I love all animals (all that exist, anywhere)". While the former phrase can perhaps be used in the latter situation, the reverse isn't the case.
For no reason I can see, some languages add a definite article between "all" and the noun (e.g. French "tous les animaux") while others don't (e.g. German "alle Tiere"). In English both "all animals" and "all the animals" are valid and AFAIK completely synonymous. Hebrew just happened to require the article.
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Should be applied only to direct and specified objects that you're referring to about a certain discussion
Can someone explain the "mem" that is at the beginning of the word "snakes"?
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It's just the way you use 'except' in Hebrew, it's always חוץ מ־. Think of it as 'apart from'.
It's a preposition (I hate grammar names). The same way in English certain prepositions go with certain words. Or in Hebrew, you "touch" on things
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... This is mentioned in the tips and notes btw.
-חוץ מ = except for
-כש = when
-אחרי ש = after 6 March 2019
I hope Duo accepts it, it's correct. Note, though, that מלבד is slightly formal (I'd be a bit surprised to hear it in a conversation), while חוץ מ is a bit informal (I'd be a bit surprised to read it in a respectable newspaper).
It rejected 'I like all the animals, with the exception of snakes". I submitted a correction.
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That's a slightly different sentence, even if the conclusion is the same. Shouldn't necessarily be accepted here.
It also rejected "I love all animals outside of snakes", which is not only acceptable English, but probably the most literal translation of the Hebrew. I reported it.
The quote by G. Marx is: Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
I'm not a native English speaker, but what does this sentence mean? That thI love all animals except for snakes? Does that mean the same?
Is "all the xxxx except for" a set phrase? To be specific, is the hey needed for chaiyot or all phrases of this type? Because the sentence they give as the answer isn't "all the animals", just "all animals". Thanks! 29 March 2019
This is to do with how כל works. If it is plural then it's -כל ה . airelibre gives a very succinct explanation under the sentence "All the painters are artists.", which I'm sure you will be able to search for more easily than I can rewrite it in the app. His punchline being: "doesn't exist כל בתים".
